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6 News English From bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Alice.
And I'm Neil.
We're talking about old technology today, Neil.
Did you used to have any old tech?
You know, a Walkman back in the 1990s before music went digital?
I didn't have a Walkman, but I do have a record player.
I know you like flared trousers, but I didn't realise you were that retro.
A record player, for those of you who don't know,
is a box with a turntable or turning plate that you put your vinyl records on to play them.
And retro means going back to styles and fashions from the past.
Well, I love my record player.
I have a large collection of vinyl records as well as cassette tapes that I inherited from my parents.
Vinyl is the plastic that records are made from and cassette tapes came after records,
which are these small plastic cases with audio tape on reels inside them.
Well, I don't understand your fondness for outdated stuff, Neil.
Don't be so quick to dismiss old tech, Alice.
There's been a resurgence or new rise in record sales recently here in the UK and in the US.
Some DJs have gone back to using them,